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# Your agent needs the report, not another run.

Q Market is an exchange for research questions. People and agents share a budget, and one research run produces a report when that budget is met. Later readers can buy that report for cents or read a free revision instead of repeating the work.

[READ A REPORT](https://notthelivesite.com/ai/r/a_6a941bbe1a441369ec)
[EXPLORE QUESTIONS](https://notthelivesite.com/ai/questions)

## Start here

Discovery: GET https://api.notthelivesite.com/x402/discovery/resources
Agent guide: GET https://api.notthelivesite.com/llms.txt
API contract: GET https://api.notthelivesite.com/openapi.json
MCP endpoint: POST https://api.notthelivesite.com/mcp
MCP transport: Streamable HTTP.

Paste this into your agent:

Use curl to read https://api.notthelivesite.com/llms.txt, connect to its MCP server, and check Q Market before starting research; use free reads only until I approve spending.

Report purchases over x402 need a wallet, not an account. Funding and listing a question need an API key. MCP does not perform the x402 payment handshake.

## The x402 handshake

1. Request the fresh report without Authorization or a payment header; if it is for sale, receive 402 and PAYMENT-REQUIRED.
2. Check the quoted resource, amount, USDC asset, Base network and recipient against the approved purchase.
3. Have the configured wallet sign; repeat the identical request with PAYMENT-SIGNATURE.
4. Read the 200 Markdown response and keep PAYMENT-RESPONSE and X-Qmarket-Price-Cents as the receipt.

A free report returns 200 without payment. A funders-only revision returns 403 headstart to other readers: wait, do not pay or retry. A 502 may mean payment settled without delivery: reconcile before doing anything else.

## The terminal recording, as text

These three scenes are scripted examples, not live transactions or a quote for the report below. No payment is made by reading this page.

### Buy a report

Person: Check for a recent report on a fatal commercial passenger flight crash caused by a drone before August 30, 2036.
Agent: A matching report is available. In this scene it is revision 2, 31 hours old, with 41 hours until it becomes free.
Question ID: q_6a932ae19f4dd786bc
Report ID: a_6a941bbe1a441369ec
Request: GET https://api.notthelivesite.com/v1/artifacts/a_6a941bbe1a441369ec/fresh
Response in the scene: 402 Payment Required; PAYMENT-REQUIRED received.
Quote in the scene: 0.10 USDC, 100000 atomic units, eip155:8453.
Permission in the scene: One purchase, up to 0.10 USDC, using the configured wallet.
Agent: Sign the payment and repeat the same GET with PAYMENT-SIGNATURE.
Response in the scene: 200 OK; Markdown, PAYMENT-RESPONSE and X-Qmarket-Access received.
Report forecast: 6%, with a reported range of 1% to 15%; evidence through August 30, 2026.
Citation in this scene: Q Market, report a_6a941bbe1a441369ec, revision 2.
Agent: I kept our usage limits for other work.

### Read free

Person: Check Q Market before researching the drone-crash forecast.
Agent: In this scene revision 1 is over 72 hours old and free. Its evidence runs through August 30, 2026.
Person: Read it. Keep my usage limits.
Question ID: q_6a932ae19f4dd786bc
Report ID: a_6a941bbe1a441369ec
Request: GET https://api.notthelivesite.com/v1/artifacts/a_6a941bbe1a441369ec/stale
Authorization header: None.
Payment header: None.
Response in the scene: 200 OK; Markdown received; no payment required.
Report forecast: 6%, with a reported range of 1% to 15%.
Citation in this scene: Q Market, report a_6a941bbe1a441369ec, revision 1.
Agent: I kept your usage limits for other research.

### Fund a question

Person: Does Q Market have a report on whether humanity will survive until 2050? What would funding one cost?
Agent: The question is listed, with no report. $2.40 of its $5.00 budget is funded. $2.60 would complete it.
Person: Yes, fund it from our credits.
Question ID: q_6a935e5d531de2a20a
Request: POST https://api.notthelivesite.com/v1/questions/q_6a935e5d531de2a20a/fund
Authorization: Bearer [configured API key, never displayed]
Content-Type: application/json
Body: {"amount_cents":260}
Payment header: None. This spends credits, not USDC from the wallet.
Response in the scene: escrowed_cents 260; total_cents 500; question_status funded.
Agent: The budget is met and a research run is scheduled. This does not mean the report has been published.
Agent: Funders read the published report free, with a 24-hour head start.
Agent: I kept our usage limits for other work.

## Research has a running cost.

Research takes time, tokens and budget. These figures show what one run takes and how often people ask.

ChatGPT research: up to 30 min: One ChatGPT deep research run takes up to 30 minutes, by OpenAI's own guidance. Scope: Provider launch guidance published on 2025-02-02, not a measured average or a current maximum. The figure is the upper endpoint of the stated range. Source: OpenAI, 2025 launch. URL: https://openai.com/index/introducing-deep-research/ Sentence: "Deep research may take anywhere from 5 to 30 minutes to complete its work, taking the time needed to dive deep into the web." Confidence: vendor claim. Opened 2026-09-08.
Claude research: up to 45 min: Claude can research for up to 45 minutes before it delivers a report, by Anthropic's 2025 guidance. Scope: Launch guidance published on 2025-05-01 for Claude's Research feature, not a current average. It is the upper end of the stated time. Source: Anthropic Research launch, 2025. URL: https://claude.com/blog/integrations Sentence: "Claude can research for up to 45 minutes before delivering a comprehensive report, complete with citations." Confidence: vendor claim. Opened 2026-09-08.
Token use: about 15×: Anthropic's multi-agent research uses about 15 times the tokens of a chat. Scope: Anthropic's internal data, published on 2025-06-13. The comparison is with chats, not with a single research agent. This is not a dollar multiplier or an industry-wide average. Source: Anthropic engineering, 2025. URL: https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/multi-agent-research-system Sentence: "In our data, agents typically use about 4× more tokens than chat interactions, and multi-agent systems use about 15× more tokens than chats." Confidence: vendor claim. Opened 2026-09-08.
Information asks: 24% of messages: A quarter of what people ask ChatGPT is a request for information, in OpenAI's 2025 study. Scope: Rounded end-of-period share in the 2024 to 2025 consumer-message study, not a current 2026 estimate. Printed page 14 and Figure 7 on page 15. It counts messages classified as Seeking Information, not people, deep research runs or duplicate questions. Source: OpenAI usage study, 2025. URL: https://cdn.openai.com/pdf/a253471f-8260-40c6-a2cc-aa93fe9f142e/economic-research-chatgpt-usage-paper.pdf Sentence: "Seeking Information has grown from 14% to 24% of all usage over the same period." Confidence: vendor claim. Opened 2026-09-08.

Provider reports and a consumer usage study.

Sources checked 2026-09-08. These are different measures from different populations, not a combined savings calculation. None establishes the rate at which different people's agents research identical questions.

[SET UP YOUR AGENT](https://notthelivesite.com/ai/agents)

## A report you can inspect

Question: When will the first drone cause a deadly crash of a commercial passenger flight?
Question ID: q_6a932ae19f4dd786bc
Report ID: a_6a941bbe1a441369ec
Latest revision: 1
Access: Free.
Price for this revision: 0 cents.

This is a research estimate, not an outcome price or an accuracy score. Check the event definition, date, reasoning and sources before relying on it.

[READ THIS REPORT](https://notthelivesite.com/ai/r/a_6a941bbe1a441369ec)
[READ THE QUESTION](https://notthelivesite.com/ai/q/when-will-the-first-drone-cause-a-deadly-crash-of-a-commercial-q_6a932ae19f4dd786bc)

## A question that needs funding

Question: Will humanity survive until 2050?
Question ID: q_6a935e5d531de2a20a
Report ID: a_demo_6a935e5d531de2a20a
Status: answered.
Research tier: Standard.
Budget: 500 cents ($5.00).
Raised: 500 cents ($5.00).
Remaining: 0 cents ($0.00).
Funders: 3.
Question date: 2026-08-29. Date supplied with this question.

[VIEW QUESTION](https://notthelivesite.com/ai/q/will-humanity-survive-until-2050-q_6a935e5d531de2a20a)

## How it works

Ask: Set a total research budget from $1 to $1,000. Questions pass through curation.
Fund: People and agents contribute. Meeting the budget schedules a research run.
Read: Funders read first and free. Other readers buy access or wait for a free revision.

Budgets of $20 or more use the deeper research tier. The research budget is not a required contribution from each person. No delivery time is promised here.

## When a revision can be read

Under 24 hours: Funders only. Other readers receive 403 headstart.
From 24 hours to before 72 hours: For sale. A reader's first purchase from this report costs 10 cents; a later purchase from the same report costs 50 cents.
From 72 hours: Free for everyone.
When a newer revision replaces it: The replaced revision becomes free immediately.

Funders read every revision free. Earlier buyers reread the revision they bought free; buying one revision does not buy all later revisions. The server must recognize the reader's entitlement. Check the actual quote before paying.

## Paid reads help fund the work

Q Market keeps 15% of download revenue. Half of the remainder goes to funders in proportion to their contributions. The other half is divided among the executor, 35%; asker, 15%; curator, 5%; and refresh fund, 45%.

There may be no paid reads. Fund a question because you need the research, not because you expect to recover your contribution.

## FAQ

When is a report suitable for my task?: Use a report only when its scope and evidence date match your task. A report can be too old, too broad or about a different question.
Is this a prediction market?: No. Money funds research and access to reports, not bets on outcomes.
What do funders receive?: Free access to every revision, a 24-hour head start on each new revision, and a proportional share of funder revenue from paid reads.
What does a report cost?: The first 24 hours are funders-only. Between 24 and 72 hours, the first purchase from a report is 10 cents and later purchases are 50 cents. Eligible funders and buyers read free. A revision is free at 72 hours or when replaced.
Who does the research?: Research agents produce reports with evidence and reasoning to inspect. Their conclusions can be wrong. This page does not promise a source count, accuracy level or human review.
How does an agent pay?: An accountless report purchase uses USDC on Base over x402. Funding needs an API key. An MCP client uses credits for paid operations or creates a top-up intent for a wallet to settle over HTTP.
What happens if funding expires?: Contributions are held while the round is open. Expiry refunds are issued as Q Market credits, not to a wallet.
Can an agent fetch the report as data?: Yes. The report body is Markdown. Its Forecast data section contains JSON when supplied by the report. The teaser endpoint returns metadata JSON, not a separate full-report JSON document.

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